Waiting in line at SFO
Lunch at Toronto airport
Bikes on the S-Bahn
Taking the S-Bahn to downtown Munich
Vi Vadi Hotel, Munich
Pretzel sandwiches (München Hauptbahnhof)
Munich
Weisswurst (München Hauptbahnhof)
München Hauptbahnhof
Room at Vi Vadi
S-Bahn platform at München Hauptbahnhof: busiest train track in Europe (a train every two minutes!)
Just outside of Holzkirchen
Um, is this even a road?
Tegernsee
Thunderstorm in Kreuth
Room at Gasthaus Batznhäusl, Kreuth
View from room at Gasthaus Batznhäusl
Dinner at Gasthaus Batznhäusl
Gasthaus Batznhäusl
Target practice range
Breakfast at Gasthaus Batznhäusl
Some very specific instructions on the toilet
Germany/Austria border at Achenpass
Achensee
Mmm... goulash!
Rolling down to Jenbach
Inn River Valley
Innsbruck train station
Hotel Dollinger, Innsbruck
View from room at Hotel Dollinger
Room at Hotel Dollinger
Lard salad
Tyrolean Grostl (meat, potatoes, and an egg)
Dinner at Hotel Dollinger
Hotel Dollinger
Tram going up the mountain
Inn River
Innsbruck
Breakfast at Hotel Dollinger
Bike shop in Innsbruck
Super Dickmann's!
Aw, nuts.
Tram stop
Schloss Ambross
World's first Swiss army knife?
A lock
View of Innsbruck
Innsbruck Old Town
We are a colorful bunch
Uh, I ordered a hot chocolate.
Variety meatball soup
You can't escape the golden arches, even in Old Town
de-decode de-recode re-decode re-recode
Phil gets auricular therapy
Ski jump (1976 Olympics)
Train to Landeck
Bus transfer at Landeck
Bludenz
Room at Gasthof Löwen
Gasthof Löwen
Dinner at Gasthof Löwen
Shower with no privacy
View from Gasthof Löwen
Children's car
Three bikes on two bike hooks
Zürich hauptbahnhof
Cannabis drink
Meiringen train station
Meiringen
Soccer fans
Climbing to Rosenlaui
Meiringen burning
White smoke
View from Hotel Zwirgi
Hotel Zwirgi
Chicken coop at Zwirgi
Reichenbach Falls
Meiringen from Reichenbach Falls
Waterfalls on the far side of the valley
Dining room at Zwirgi
Dinner at Zwirgi
Meiringen from Zwirgi
Mmmm... butter!
Everything and everyone yields for the Post Bus.
Road going up to Rosenlaui
Entrance to the valley
Ascending to Rosenlaui
Cows!
Trail signs at Rosenlaui
Hotel Rosenlaui
Ascent to Grosse Scheidegg
Grosse Scheidegg
Rosenlaui from Grosse Scheidegg
Grindelwald from Grosse Scheidegg
Phil at Grosse Scheidegg
Grindelwald
Trail from Grindelwald to Lauterbrunnen
Lauterbrunnen train station
Staubbach Falls
Interlaken
Hotel Schönegg
Riding along the Brienzersee
Brienzersee
Meiringen Valley
Lammi Restaurant
Guttannen
Who doesn't love to have Meet at lunch?
Ascent to Grimsel
Cobblestone tunnel bypass
Dams on the way up to Grimsel. First clear view of Grimselpass
Grimselpass
Switchbacks going up to Grimsel
Room at Hotel Alpenrosli
View from Hotel Alpenrosli. The summit is still iced over.
View from Grimselpass
Hotel Alpenrosli
Possibly the best pork chops I've ever had in my life
A pan of eggs
The fog rolls in...
Loading bikes in the snow
Switchbacks to Furkapass (from Grimselpass)
Gletsch
Swiss engineering...
Hotel Belvedere
View from Hotel Belvedere
Piaw and Lisa clumbing up to Furka
Conspicuous consumption
Furkapass
Descent from Furka
Realp
Cobblestone road to St. Gotthard
St. Gotthard Pass
Descent from St. Gotthard
Flying hairpin on descent to Airolo
Airolo
Reading maps at the dinner table
Dinner in Airolo
Sunset over Airolo
Rolling down to Bellinzona
MIT alumni: what does this supermarket remind you of? (Sadly, it has four corners.)
World cup madness in Bellinzona
Approach to San Bernardino
Narrow streets
Pian San Giacomo
Hotel in Pian San Giacomo
Our oven was propped up on styrofoam blocks.
Sunset over Pian San Giacomo
Ascent to San Bernardino
San Bernardino pass
Sufnersee
Rofflaschlucht
Gasthaus Rofflaschlucht
Our room at the Post Hotel in Andeer came with a children's playroom.
Mushrooms, starch, and cheese
Andeer
Andeer mineral baths
Hotel Post in Andeer
Descent to Chur
Wheat
Chur
Maienfeld
The Original Heidi House
Heidi's goats
Swiss military compound
Liechtenstein royal palace
Dinner at Gasthof Au
Gasthof Au
Left: Switzerland; Right: Liechtenstein
Crossing the bridge into Switzerland
Signs for the national bike trail system, and its lesser known cousin, the national rollerblade trail system
That is a lot of cars.
Picnic along the Wallensee
Along the Wallensee
Wallensee
Dedicated bike tunnel. How cool is that?
Cow crossing
Approach to Linthal
Dinner at Hotel Adler
Hotel Adler, Linthal
Approach to Klausen
Klausenpass
Ascent to Klausen
Descent from Klausen
William Tell
Train from Flüelen to Göschenen
Göschenen
Hotel Rossli, Göschenen
Dinner at Hotel Rossli
Ascent to Susten
Sustenpass
From the department of unfortunate names
Restaurant Lammi
Bratwurst, noodles, and onion sauce
Strawberry sundae
Train to Grindelwald
From the train to Grindelwald
Hotel Alpenblick
Spaghetti bolognese
Dessert at a cafe
Sunset over Grindelwald
Kleine Scheidegg from Grindelwald
Lychee beer
Grindelwald and Grosse Scheidegg from Kleine Scheidegg
Grindelwald from Kleine Scheidegg
Cog railway
Self service cheese stand...
...with solar panels for the daytime...
...and a car battery for the nighttime.
Hotel at Kleine Scheidegg
Train to the Jungfraujoch
From the Panoramic Road
The Eiger
Eiger and Jungfrau
Really tiny heavy machinery
Gondola from Mannlichen to Grindelwald
Parachute landing
Double rainbow!
Kleine Scheidegg
Bort
Bachalpsee
First
Grindelwald from First
Descent from First
Cyclists don't get useful road signs like this in the US.
Climbing from Grindelwald to Grosse Scheidegg
The symbols read: (distracted cyclist) + (road) + (bus) = (hospital)
Descending from Grosse Scheidegg to Rosenlaui
Road warning
Hiking up to the glacier
Glacier and waterfalls
The Engelhornhutte
Fountain at the Engelhornhutte
View from the Engelhornhutte
Can you spot the trail here? (I couldn't.)
The water has worn channels in the rock
Room at Rosenlaui
Dinner at Rosenlaui
Crazy clouds moving in
Bike rack made out of a log
View from room at Rosenlaui
Polenta, lamb, and vegetables
Tiramisu
Breakfast at Rosenlaui
All loaded up with shoes and hiking stick
Train from Meiringen to Munich
Pork knuckle at Haxnbauer
Phil and pork knuckle at Haxnbauer
Haxnbauer
